Agile Auditing : Fundamentals and Applications.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (333 pages)
- Wiley Corporate F&a Series .
- Wiley Corporate F&a Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Raven Catlin -- Ceciliana Watkins -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part I Building an Understanding of Agile and Auditing -- Chapter 1 What Is Agile? -- Agile Is a Framework -- Definitions of Agile -- The Agile Manifesto -- Agile Frameworks -- Scrum Framework -- Recipe: Explaining the Concept -- Nuggets -- Chapter 2 What Is Audit? -- Defining Audit -- Types of Audits -- Audit Customers -- Knowledge Areas for Auditors -- Skills for Auditors -- Audit Project Life Cycle -- Traditional, Waterfall Audit Process: A Real-Life View of the Problems -- Identifying, Assessing, and Responding to Delivery Risks -- Recipe: Building Auditor Knowledge and Skills -- Nuggets -- Chapter 3 Traditional Audit Processes and Practices -- Audit Jargon -- Traditional Entity-Level Audit Planning -- Traditional Audit Engagement Planning -- Traditional Audit Engagement Fieldwork -- Traditional Audit Engagement Reporting -- Nuggets -- Chapter 4 What Is Agile Audit? -- The Journey of Agile Auditing -- What Is Agile Auditing? -- Overview of the Agile Audit Process -- Skills for Agile Auditors -- Nuggets -- Chapter 5 Why Agile Audit? -- Avoid the Jurassic Auditor -- What's Your Why? -- Who Is Using Agile Auditing? -- Starting Your Agile Auditing Change Transformation -- Agile Audit Frameworks -- What Are the Benefits of Agile Auditing? -- Can Agile Auditing Help Me Solve Problems in the Audit Process? -- Nuggets -- Chapter 6 Creating the Agile Mindset -- What Is an Agile Mindset? -- Build a Passion for Being Agile -- Start with Auditor Self-Assessments -- Do I Need to Call It Agile Auditing? -- Recipe: Getting Auditor Buy-In -- Nuggets -- Part II Implementing Agile Auditing. Chapter 7 Implementing Agile Auditing: Deciding Your Approach and Your Agile Audit Project Roles -- Choosing Your Implementation Strategy -- Dealing with Titles -- Dealing with People Challenges -- Nuggets -- Chapter 8 Implementing Agile Auditing: The Audit Planning Process -- Nontraditional Audit Planning (Agile Audit Planning) -- Product Backlog -- Recipe: Prioritize and select your user stories -- Nuggets -- Chapter 9 Implementing Agile Auditing: Planning Agile Audit Engagements -- Planning Agile Audit Resources -- self-managing teams -- Agile Audit Planning Steps -- Agile Jargon -- Using Agile Auditing to Solve Engagement Planning Problems -- Nuggets -- Chapter 10 Implementing Agile Auditing: Executing the Agile Audit -- Testing with the Audit Client -- Workpaper Documentation in an Agile Audit Environment -- Managing Scope Creep -- Audit Findings -- Using Agile Auditing to Solve Engagement Execution Problems -- Nuggets -- Chapter 11 Implementing Agile Auditing: Communicating Agile Audit Results -- Report Writing -- Daily Meetings to Communicate "Bugs," Deficiencies, and Findings -- Sprint Review -- Do I Still Need a Report? -- Sprint Retrospective -- Using Agile Auditing to Solve Engagement Communication and Reporting Problems -- Nuggets -- Part III Special Considerations -- Chapter 12 Agile Auditing in the "New Normal" Environment (Remote Auditing) -- The New Normal -- Existing Technologies -- New Technologies and Agile Audit -- Recipe for Starting data analytics (DA) -- Nuggets -- Chapter 13 Lean and Agile Auditing -- What Is Lean? -- Eliminating Waste Using Agile Auditing -- Nuggets -- Chapter 14 Exploring Kanban Agile Auditing -- What Is Kanban? -- When Can I Use Kanban? -- Kanban Principles Applied to Agile Auditing -- Managing Workflow, the Kanban Way -- Nuggets. Chapter 15 Merging Risk-Based Auditing and Integrated Auditing with Agile Auditing -- Stop Creating Kitchen Sink Audits! -- What Is Risk-Based Auditing (RBA)? -- Can I Still Complete Integrated Audits in Agile Auditing? -- Nuggets -- Chapter 16 Building the Auditor Toolbelt and Self-Managing Agile Audit Teams -- Agile Auditing as a Tool -- Skills Needed to Be an Agile Auditor -- Becoming an Integrated Auditor in an Agile Audit World -- Using Scrum Values to Create Self-Managing Agile Audit Teams -- Benefits of Dealing with Self-Managing Teams -- Cautions of Dealing with Self-Managing Teams -- Nuggets -- Chapter 17 Preparing Your Organization for Agile Auditing/Creating the Agile Culture -- What Is Culture? -- Changing Others' Perception of Auditors -- Participatory Auditing -- Influencing a Culture That Supports Agile Auditing -- Ideal Conditions for Agile Auditing -- Nuggets -- Chapter 18 Passing Your Quality Assessment Review in an Agile Audit Environment -- Government Auditors -- Internal Auditors -- External Auditors -- Agile Auditing and Your QAR -- Nuggets -- Chapter 19 Nuggets for Agile Audit Success -- Glossary of Terms -- Appendix A: Product Backlog Template -- Appendix B: Agile Audit Example -- Security/Access Controls: Deficiencies in the User Provisioning Process for Terminations -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.